work under pressure

Rafael Gómez Blanes wrote this amazing book that I think is a must for all developers and managers in the IT world. His experiece in the Software Development world is the key he uses to highlight what works and what does not. It’s a book that touches almost all or perhaps all the parts of Software Development Culture the way I see it.

For me, if there is a book where trying to highlight just a few quotes is difficult, this is the book. I think it is also the book that I have recommended the most to friends and colleagues.

Organizations are effective only to the extent that all their workers are totally and eternally busy. Written by Tom DeMarco more than 20 years ago, this book fights again this idea. Companies need workers with "slack", with gaps of freedom in their they by day. These gaps will allow your company to change, improve, reinvent and grow.